Mop head



J. H. GILLIS MOP HEAD Filed July 29, 1925 June 1 1926.

a N \m 8 6 5 z, v m a INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Patented June 1, 1926.

JOHN H. GILLIS, OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.

M01? HEAD.

Application filed July 29, 1925.

This invention relates to an improvement in mop heads, and aims to provide a device of this character whereby the mop may be secured and properly mounted on the handle in such manner as to facilitate the wringing thereof and yet may be quickly and easily taken from the handle when desired.

A further object resides in the provision of a device of this character which is of simple and durable construction and which is reliable and effective in operation and easy and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages reside in certain novel features of the construction, arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view showing a mop constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a view illustrating the mop head in central longitudinal section, parts being shown in elevation for the sake of illustration,

Figure 3 is a group View in perspective showing parts of the mop head, and Figures 4 and 5 are sectional views on the line 4-4 and 5-5 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates a handle, the forward end of which is formed with a rounded or concaved recess 2.

On the forward end of necting wire portion 8 which is the part of the at is rotatably fitted in the bearing Serial N0. 46,870.

5. The ends of the arms opposite the bearing portion 8 terminate in hooks 9. A tensioning lever, designated generally at 10, is provided and has a body portion 11. pro viding a handle and spaced bars 12. The bars 12 are pivotally connected, as at 13, to; the opposite sides of the handle between the mounting plate 3 and the guide plate 4. Rearwardly of their pivotal connection to the handle these bars 12 are formed with a plurality of transversely aligned openings 18 adapted to receive the outturned pivot ends 14 of the legs 15 of a U-shaped connecting link, designated generally at 16, and having a body portion 17 designed to be releasably interengaged with the hooks 9. lVhen the tensioning lever 10 is pressed down against the handle 1 the link 16 draws the binding wire 6 up against the forward end of the handle and the mop M having beenl previously engaged in the binding wire is firmly seated in the. recess 2 of the handle. The mop preferably has the central portions of its strands engaged with the binding wire so that either half of the mop may be conveniently wrung, and so that the mop may be easily converted into a compact mop by wrapping the same with a cord 18. The tensioning lever 10 is releasably held against the handle by means of a ring 20 shiftably mounted on the handle. To take the mop from the handle it is only necessary to disengage the ring 20 from the tensioning lever 10 to swing the lever 10 away from the handle and disconnect the hooks 9 from the link 16. 7

As shown to advantage in Fig. 3 the guide plate 4 has upstanding guide lugs between which the arms 7 of the binding wire are drawn when the mop is secured in position, the arms 7 engaging the inner faces of the lugs 25, whereby the arms are held against spreading.

I claim 1. A mop holder including a handle, a binding wire pivotally connected to the handle and engageable with the mop, a

tensioning lever pivoted to the handle, and

a link connected to the tensioning lever and co-operable With the binding Wire, said tensioning lever including spaced bars having a series of transversely aligned openings, said link having outwardly extending bearin'g portions selectively engageable in the openings.

2. In a mop holder, a handle, a mounting plate on the forward end of the handle, a guide plate opposite the mounting plate resume and having upstanding guide lugs, a binding Wire pivoted on the mounting plate, a tensioning lever fulcrumed on the handle and connected with the binding Wire, said binding wire being drawn in between the guide lugs in the fastening position of the tensioning lever, and releasable means for holding the lever in fastening position.

JOHN H. GILLIS. 

